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IN HB1650
Bill
Status
1/24/2019
Primary Sponsor
Cindy Ziemke
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AI Summary
- Township advisory boards dissolved effective January 1, 2020 in all Indiana counties except Marion County, with all board duties, responsibilities, property, and personnel transferred to township trustees
- Township trustees assume both legislative/fiscal powers and executive powers for their townships, including authority to adopt annual budgets and levy property taxes
- County fiscal bodies gain oversight authority to review and approve township budgets when a township's proposed tax rate exceeds the statewide average township property tax rate by at least 3% over the preceding five years
- Legislative council urged to assign an interim study committee to examine the effects of eliminating township advisory boards
- Effective dates set for January 1, 2022, with provisions for property taxes applying to calendar year 2021 and thereafter
Legislative Description
Elimination of township advisory boards. Amends various provisions in the Indiana Code concerning township government effective January 1, 2022. Provides that on January 1, 2020, in all counties (except Marion County): (1) township boards are dissolved; (2) the duties and responsibilities of the township board are transferred to the township trustee; (3) the township trustee has the legislative and fiscal powers and duties of the township, in addition to the executive powers and duties; and (4) the property and personnel of the township board are transferred to the township trustee. Beginning with property taxes due and payable in calendar year 2021 in a county not having a consolidated city, the township trustee shall submit the township budget to the county fiscal body for review and approval, if the township's proposed tax rate exceeds the statewide township property tax rate average during the preceding five years by at least 3% for property taxes due and payable that same year. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the effect of eliminating township advisory boards.
Last Action
Representative Clere added as coauthor
2/12/2019